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Uwe G. Maier is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Environmental Science.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomaterials
  • Pollution
  • Biophysics
  • Ecology

Their research topics encompass:

  • Diatoms and Algae Research
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

The following is a selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Uwe G. Maier:

  • Correction to: Using a marine microalga as a chassis for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation, 2020, Microbial Cell Factories
  • Mobilization and Cellular Distribution of Phosphate in the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Lensless digital holographic microscopy as an efficient method to monitor enzymatic plastic degradation, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Specific acclimations to phosphorus limitation in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, 2020, Biological Chemistry
  • The iron-sulfur scaffold protein HCF101 unveils the complexity of organellar evolution in SAR, Haptista and Cryptista, 2021, BMC Ecology and Evolution

Frequent publication venues for Uwe G. Maier include:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Microbial Cell Factories
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • Biological Chemistry

Collaborations have been notable with the following co-authors:

  • Daniel Moog
  • Jan Zarzycki
  • Karl-Heinz Rexer
  • Tobias J. Erb
  • Gianluca Dell'Aquila

Best Publications

  • The highly reduced genome of an enslaved algal nucleus

    Susan Douglas;Stefan Zauner;Martin Fraunholz;Martin Fraunholz;Margaret Beaton;Margaret Beaton

  • Genomic Footprints of a Cryptic Plastid Endosymbiosis in Diatoms

    Ahmed Moustafa;Bánk Beszteri;Uwe G. Maier;Chris Bowler;Chris Bowler

  • DNA Transfer from Organelles to the Nucleus: The Idiosyncratic Genetics of Endosymbiosis

    Tatjana Kleine;Uwe G. Maier;Dario Leister

  • Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs.

    Bruce A. Curtis;Goro Tanifuji;Goro Tanifuji;Fabien Burki;Ansgar Gruber;Ansgar Gruber

  • Using a marine microalga as a chassis for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation.

    Daniel Moog;Johanna Schmitt;Jana Senger;Jan Zarzycki

  • Microalgae as bioreactors for bioplastic production.

    Franziska Hempel;Andrew S Bozarth;Nicole Lindenkamp;Andreas Klingl

  • Nitrogen fixation in eukaryotes – New models for symbiosis

    Christoph Kneip;Christoph Kneip;Peter Lockhart;Christine Voß;Uwe-G Maier

  • Complete DNA sequences of the plastid genomes of two parasitic flowering plant species, Cuscuta reflexa and Cuscuta gronovii

    Helena T Funk;Sabine Berg;Karin Krupinska;Uwe G Maier

  • Protein targeting into complex diatom plastids: functional characterisation of a specific targeting motif

    Ansgar Gruber;Sascha Vugrinec;Franziska Hempel;Sven B. Gould;Sven B. Gould

  • Algae as Protein Factories: Expression of a Human Antibody and the Respective Antigen in the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

    Franziska Hempel;Julia Lau;Andreas Klingl;Uwe G. Maier

  • Diatoms in biotechnology: modern tools and applications

    Andrew Bozarth;Uwe-G. Maier;Stefan Zauner

  • Binding of a nuclear factor to a consensus sequence in the 5' flanking region of zein genes from maize.

    U.-G. Maier;J.W.S. Brown;C. Toloczyki;G. Feix

  • Substitution rate calibration of small subunit ribosomal RNA identifies chlorarachniophyte endosymbionts as remnants of green algae

    Y Van de Peer;S A Rensing;U G Maier;R De Wachter

  • Evidence that an amoeba acquired a chloroplast by retaining part of an engulfed eukaryotic alga.

    G. I. Mcfadden;P. R. Gilson;C. J. B. Hofmann;G. J. Adcock

  • Der1-mediated Preprotein Import into the Periplastid Compartment of Chromalveolates?

    Maik Sascha Sommer;Sven B. Gould;Petra Lehmann;Ansgar Gruber

  • Ancient Recruitment by Chromists of Green Algal Genes Encoding Enzymes for Carotenoid Biosynthesis

    Ruth Frommolt;Sonja Werner;Harald Paulsen;Reimund Goss

  • Intracellular Spheroid Bodies of Rhopalodia gibba Have Nitrogen-Fixing Apparatus of Cyanobacterial Origin

    Julia Prechtl;Christoph Kneip;Peter Lockhart;Klaus Wenderoth

  • An unusual ERAD-like complex is targeted to the apicoplast of Plasmodium falciparum.

    Simone Spork;Jan A. Hiss;Katharina Mandel;Maik Sommer

  • Phylogenetic analysis of the stress-70 protein family.

    S. A. Rensing;U. G. Maier

  • An engineered diatom acting like a plasma cell secreting human IgG antibodies with high efficiency

    Franziska Hempel;Uwe G Maier

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan A. Rensing
Stefan A. Rensing University of Freiburg
William Martin
William Martin Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
John M. Archibald
John M. Archibald Dalhousie University
Sven B. Gould
Sven B. Gould Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Geoffrey I. McFadden
Geoffrey I. McFadden University of Melbourne
Enrico Schleiff
Enrico Schleiff Goethe University Frankfurt
Thomas Cavalier-Smith
Thomas Cavalier-Smith University of Oxford
Peter J. Lockhart
Peter J. Lockhart Massey University
Paul R. Gilson
Paul R. Gilson Burnet Institute
Uwe Linne
Uwe Linne Philipp University of Marburg

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